The emergence of mobile computing provides the ability to access information at any time
and place. However, as mobile computing environments have inherent factors like power …

The advances of mobile computing technologies in recent years contributes to the growing
of mobile information services. Consequently, we need to give special attentions to …

Providing on-demand data access in client-server wireless networks is an important support
to many interesting mobile computing applications. Caching frequently accessed data by …

We present an algorithm by which nodes arranged in a tree, with each node initially knowing
only its parent and children, can construct a fault-tolerant communication structure (an …

In a mobile environment, the result of queries often depends on the client's location. These
queries are called location dependent queries (LDQ). Applying the concept of caching to …

The demand of mobile Location Dependent Information Services (LDIS) has fueled in recent
years. However, the request of a correct answer in a mobile environment needs to have …

Mobile computing as compared to traditional computing paradigms enables clients to have
unrestricted mobility while maintaining network connections. Data management in this …

The results of location-dependent queries (LDQ) generally depend on the current locations
of query issuers. Many mechanisms, such as broadcast scheme, prefetching scheme, or …

The extensible markup language (XML) has emerged as the dominant standard in
describing and exchanging data among heterogeneous data sources. The increasing …

Recent technology advances in multimedia communication have ushered in a new era of
personal communication. Users can ubiquitously access the Internet via various mobile …